Embracing Discomfort for Growth - The #100DaysOfCode Story with Alex Kallaway

Embracing Discomfort for Growth - The #100DaysOfCode Story with Alex Kallaway

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Create a positive feedback loop

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Create a positive feedback loop

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Embracing Discomfort for Growth - The #100DaysOfCode Story with Alex Kallaway

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  1. 1 How Alex like coding but became a violin player
  2. 2 Alex moved to Canada via Japan
  3. 3 "Codecademy is like Duolingo"
  4. 4 How a product role turned into a marketing role, and that marketing role lead Alex back into coding
  5. 5 Breaking out of tutorial hell with freeCodeCamp
  6. 6 Community break with Jan The Producer
  7. 7 You have to be frustrated to motivate yourself
  8. 8 How #100DaysOfCode was born
  9. 9 The basic rules of #100DaysOfCode
  10. 10 Alex Booker's GitHub activity streak
  11. 11 Procrastination, rationalization, and manifestations of resistance
  12. 12 We are a little bit too addicted to comfort
  13. 13 There's no quick way to break your own resistance and discomfort
  14. 14 How to maintain your momentum
  15. 15 What happens if you break the streak of #100DaysOfCode?
  16. 16 If in the course of 120 days you've coded for 100 days, it's better than if you gave up on day 30
  17. 17 Amateur vs professional mindset
  18. 18 Top tips for making it to the end of #100DaysOfCode
  19. 19 How to plan your coding challenge
  20. 20 Following rules blindly is not the answer
  21. 21 Create a positive feedback loop
  22. 22 Tutorials should have to include mistakes
  23. 23 Managing your willpower: there is no plan B
  24. 24 What is Discomfort Academy?
  25. 25 Next week on the show, Shaundai Person!

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